Ecology Summary - Eubranchus misakiensis

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Ecology of Eubranchus misakiensis

Main Ref.	Behrens, D.W. and A. Hermosillo, 2005
Remarks	Found on the seaweed Ecklonia kurome and occurs on colonies of Obelia geniculata (Ref. 107306).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Eubranchus misakiensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, N. Boltachova, N. Revkov, M. Makarov, V. Grinstov and E. Kolesnikova, 2012
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; Other habitats: other invertebrates (Found on the hydroid Obelia.);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Behrens, D.W. and A. Hermosillo, 2005
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Belmonte, T., J. Alvim, V. Padula and G. Muricy, 2015
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Venkataraman, K. and C. Sivaperuman, 2015

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.